CsvHelper : Adding a title using CsvHelper

Question

I am using CsvHelper to convert dapper objects to CsvFiles. I am using classmaps to map properties for indices and name mapping. The issue is I need a row with the table title before the records are written as mentioned below:

My old code without the title:

  using (var writer = new StreamWriter(@"C:\Users\NPandian\Desktop\test.csv", false, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8))

        using (var csvWriter = new CsvWriter(writer))
        {
            var ReportName = "Test Class";
            csvWriter.Configuration.RegisterClassMap(classMap);
            csvWriter.WriteRecords(records);
            writer.Close();
        }

Old Csv:

My Current work around code:

            using (var writer = new StringWriter())
            using (var csvWriter = new CsvWriter(writer))
            {
                var ReportName = "Test Class";
                csvWriter.Configuration.RegisterClassMap(classMap);
                csvWriter.WriteRecords(records);
                writer.Close();
                return $"ReportName:, {ReportName},\n{csvWriter.Context.Writer.ToString()}";
            }

My Questions: 1) Is it possible with CsvHelper? 2) If so How?

Answer 1

You can write fields and rows by hand.

void Main()
{
    var records = new List<Foo>
    {
        new Foo { Id = 1, Name = "one" },
        new Foo { Id = 2, Name = "two" },
    };
    using (var writer = new StringWriter())
    using (var csv = new CsvWriter(writer))
    {
        csv.Configuration.RegisterClassMap<FooMap>();

        csv.WriteField("Title:");
        csv.WriteField("Title");
        csv.NextRecord();

        csv.WriteRecords(records);
        writer.ToString().Dump();
    }
}

public class Foo
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

public class FooMap : ClassMap<Foo>
{
    public FooMap()
    {
        Map(m => m.Id).Index(0).Name("S.No.");
        Map(m => m.Name).Index(1);
    }
}

Output:

Title:,Title
S.No.,Name
1,one
2,two